The Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSM) Lab is dedicated to conducting clinically meaningful research geared toward identifying psychological and behavioral factors associated with better treatment adherence, health and quality of life outcomes within a variety of chronic illnesses.  We are particularly interested in the link between emotional distress and treatment nonaderence as a potential explanatory pathway for the relationship between depression and risk for poor health outcomes in various chronic illness populations.  Much of the lab's current work focuses on the development and evaluation of self-management interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes and involves collaboration with members of the Einstein Diabetes Research Center Prevention and Control Core.

Other populations currently under study within the CDSM Lab include adolescents with type 1 diabetes and adults with epilepsy. Across all our projects, there is a strong emphasis on working with underserved populations at risk for poor health outcomes. Attention to research methodology and measurement is also an important theme stressed within our lab. Students in the CDSM Lab learn about and conduct research using both quantitative and qualitative methods. They also benefit from contact with a multidisciplinary group of collaborators.